TWAIN
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TWAIN and TWAIN Direct are application programming interfaces (APIs) and communication protocols that regulate communication between software and digital imaging devices, such as image scanners and digital cameras. TWAIN is supported on Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
Key facts
- Software.name
- TWAIN
- Software.logo
- TWAIN logo.png
- Software.author
- TWAIN Working Group
- Software.developer
- TWAIN Working Group
- Software.latest release version
- 2.5 ()
- Software.operating system
- Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
- Software.platform
- x86, x86-64, PowerPC
- Software.genre
- Application programming interface
- Software.license
- LGPL (Data Source Manager only)
- Software.standard
- TWAIN
- Software.logo_size
- 200px
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.twain.org
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- inception
- 1992-02-00
- software version identifier
- 2.4
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- History
- Name origin
- Objectives
- TWAIN Working Group
- See also
- References
- External links
TWAIN and TWAIN Direct are application programming interfaces (APIs) and communication protocols that regulate communication between software and digital imaging devices, such as image scanners and digital cameras. TWAIN is supported on Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
The three key elements of TWAIN are: Application software. For example, graphics software, a fax application or a word processor. Source manager software. The source manager software is a software library provided by the TWAIN Working Group. Device drivers (referred to as "Source software" in the specification document)